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Add IP range to nftables
Occasionally I get bots from a subnet attempting brute force attacks. I like to block the complete range of IP addresses
Convert WAV files to CAF for iOS and tvOS
Appleās native container for uncompressed or compressed audio, used in iOS and tvOS games
Check which Ciphers an endpoint supports
I have an app in the macOS App Store WebDAV Nav Server that serves a local file share as WebDAV on the local LAN. To improve security I needed to audit what current ciphers the server would support.
Importing large .sql files to SQL Server
I don't often use SQL Server, but occasionally I need to replicate issues from databases in a local controlled environment.
Create a quick macOS icns file from a single source image
Sometimes you need to quickly create a usable ICNS file to deploy a macOS application.
Unblock an IP address in Fail2Ban
Sometimes an IP gets mistakenly blocked in Fail2Ban, and needs to be unblocked
Decoding a protobuf response without a .proto file
If you have access to a raw protobuf response and you don't know the .proto definition you can still attempt to dump the response into a structured format.
Calculating Dots for ZPL label layout
Raw ZPL label documents require layout using dots that vary depending on label dimensions and printer resolution
Add Swap to a Linux system with limited RAM
Linux systems with low RAM are prone to have issues as available RAM is depleted